lanceh 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2008 Hello,Just wanted to say hi and thank everyone for all of the information. It’s unbelievable how generous everybody here is with what they give. I have been learning about real estate for quite a while and I have never found a resource as valuable as this forum. MC, I don’t know how you did it but you are amazing for organizing a place where there are no sales pitches and information is plentiful. I feel like I’m finally ready to stop researching and start doing. I can’t wait to get your manual so that I will be totally ready to go with my investing, contracts and all. I just need to sell my other books first to come up with the hundred bucks, otherwise my wife will have a fit! (she never liked me spending the $25 for the other books I’ve bought!) Anyways as the title says I want to do my part in helping people with there investments, so I thought I would post a list of all of the internet resources I have come across in the past, many of which are free. Also many of these have been posted here in the past, but thought people might like having everything in one post. I haven’t really used most of these, especially the pay ones, so don’t take this as a recommendation, just a starting point. So here it is (not very well organized sorry, I tried). Anyone who has used any of them please let us know how they have worked for you. Hopefully this makes life easier for someone. MC, I’m not affiliated with any of this but please remove this post if it is violating any rules or anything, I promise my feelings won’t be hurt! (Well maybe a little but I'll get over it ) Home value estimators: Domania.com http://www.cyberhomes.com/default.aspx?bhcp=1 http://realestate.yahoo.com/Homevalues realtytrac.com eppraisal.com http://www.realestate.com/homepricecheck/ landcor.com http://www.homesmartreports.com propertyshark.com realestateabc.com realquest.com dataquick.com reply!.com Rent estimators: Rentometer.com (Check this out, it’s pretty cool and quite accurate in my area) Rentslicer.com fsbo websites:www.virtualfsbo.comwww.homeportfoliojunction.comwww.onlinerealtysales.comwww.2buyhomes.netwww.forsalebyowner.comwww.byowner.comwww.owners.comwww.allthelistings.comwww.forsalebyowner.com www.US4salebyowner.com www.fsbo.comwww.fsbon.com www.UShousefinders.comwww.freelistings.com www.helpusell.com www.fsboonline.comwww.nofeelistings.comwww.privatesalerealty.comwww.privateforsale.comwww.directbyowner.comwww.rehablist.comwww.buyincomeproperty.com FRBO websites: Rentals.com Rentalhouses.com Tenant lead services: leasepurchaseleads.com Lead birddog generator: Teamworkleadsystem.com (I’ve been told this works great for keeping track of leads as well) Tenant screening: Aaacredit.net Tenantverification.com Citicredit.net https://www.e-renter.com/ evictionrecords.com mrlandlord.com http://on-site.com/ rentalresearch.com tenantalert.com tsci.com Law help: Prepaidlegal.com Martindale.com Direct deposit: Clearnow.com Vancoservices.com Title Search: Titlesearch.com Ways to sell: http://homeauctioneer.us http://www.iggyshouse.com (claim to list on MLS for no commission) Free Classifieds: Postlets.com (posts to all of the following in one!) Craigslist.com Backpage.com http://base.google.com/ http://hotpads.com/main.htm kijiji.com livedeal.com oodle.com trulia.com vast.com zillow.com Telephone and fax services: Patlive.com Weanswer.com Coatelecenter.com Grandcentral.com Efax.com Kall8.com Skype.com Onebox.com Printing Services: Vistaprint.com Overnightprints.com Bandit sign placement: Thesignbandits.com (this is nice if you don’t like putting out your signs) Your handwriting for computer font: Fontifier.com Hard Money: Rehabhardmoney.com Prosper.com (This could be used for more than just real estate) County records: http://www.biggerpockets.com/county-assessor.html Mass emailing and voice broadcasting: Icontact.com Voiceshot.com Direct Mail: Quantumdigital.com List services: Melissadata.com Landvoice.com Listsource.com Infousa.com Usadata.com Website building: Blogger.com https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogi...tmpl=yessignups bravenet.com instantinvestorsites.com urlzoo.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelC 160 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Hi, Lance, and welcome to The Naked Investor!Great stockpile of information you've collected. Many thanks for sharing it all! I can’t wait to get your manual so that I will be totally ready to go with my investing, contracts and all. I just need to sell my other books first to come up with the hundred bucks, otherwise my wife will have a fit!First, it may be time to set the little woman straight. . .or turn in your Man Card. Then again, on second thought, rather than reading about you being beaten into submission by your wife, why don't I just send you a free copy of my manual? Seems like an easy way to defuse this troubling domestic issue. Seriously, I appreciate your posting all that valuable info. PM me your name, mailing address, and email address and I'll see to it that it's sent on its way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lanceh 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Hi, Lance, and welcome to The Naked Investor!Great stockpile of information you've collected. Many thanks for sharing it all! I can’t wait to get your manual so that I will be totally ready to go with my investing, contracts and all. I just need to sell my other books first to come up with the hundred bucks, otherwise my wife will have a fit!First, it may be time to set the little woman straight. . .or turn in your Man Card. Then again, on second thought, rather than reading about you being beaten into submission by your wife, why don't I just send you a free copy of my manual? Seems like an easy way to defuse this troubling domestic issue. Seriously, I appreciate your posting all that valuable info. PM me your name, mailing address, and email address and I'll see to it that it's sent on its way. Wow! thank you so much MC, this place is even better than I thought! I will be sure to keep you up to date on how things go for me. I have no doubt in my mind that I will be successful at this, I have actually contacted fsbo in the past just to get over that initial fear, my only problem then was that I had no way of actually making anything out of the calls since I didn't have the know how or the contracts. I am determined to make this work. So many people are unhappy with there lives in the corporate world, and now there are trying to get out and do things on there own. I made it my goal to never go down that rout to begin with. I have one semester left in college and my goal is that by the time I'm done with school, I will be investing full time and be able to sustain myself and family. Anyways, I don't mean to ramble, just thought I would put it out there as a way to hold myself accountable. Thanks again MC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelC 160 Report post Posted May 2, 2008 Happy to help, Lance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
